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What Goes Around Comes Around - Changing Contours of Air and Air Defence War in Ukraine
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Abstract
The old cliché, ‘what goes around comes around’ best describes the changing contours of the air and air defence war as it unfolds in Ukraine and is now spilling into Russia. This work examines how this part of the conflic....

July 05, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Ukraine War , Air war in Ukraine , Air and air defence war , Russia- Ukraine air war
Basanti Devi: An Environmentalist and a champion of Women Empowerment
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Positive Bharat

Born in a village of Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand in 1958, Basanti Devi’s life was never easy. She got married at the age of twelve, only to become a widow at fourteen. What transpired after that is nothing more than an inspiration for sever....

July 04, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Women empowerment , Environment , Positive Bharat , Kosi movement , deforestation , untouchability , social discrimination , padayatra , mahila mandal , firewood
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in the Indo-Pacific and the Way Ahead for Indo-Pacific Partnership for MDA (IPMDA)
AK Chawla (Vice Admiral), PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM, PhD (Retd.) Article

Introduction
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) signifies a need for situational awareness at sea, which necessitates being cognisant of the position and intentions of all maritime actors in all dimensions - on, over and under the seas.
June 27, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , IUU fishing , managing maritime environment , maritime security issues , Military presence , Autonomous vessels , Indo-Pacific complexities , MDA architecture , maritime traffic , future of IPMDA
Workshop on Bluer, Greener, and Inclusive Growth on the Sundarban through an Ecosystem-based Approach

On 24 May 2023, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS), in partnership with the World Bank, organized a workshop on “Bluer, Greener, and Inclusive Growth on the Sun....

June 19, 2023 Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Climate Change , innovation , Ecosystem , Environment , Sundarban , climate resilience , sustainable growth
Indian Armed Forces in 2047: At The Centenary of Independence
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

The 75th Year of Independence is a milestone in India’s march towards a sovereign dispensation characterised by freedom, peace, and prosperity. In that endeavour, the preservation of territorial sanctity, economic sovereignty and political relevanc....

June 15, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , India , Book Published , 75th Year of Independence
Manipur Ethnic Clashes: Maintenance of Law and Order and Deployment of Army Columns
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Dominant or major communities agitating for redressing their grievances, is not uncommon in India. Even before the ongoing Meitei-Kuki agitation in Manipur, Jats in Haryana, Patidars in Gujarat, and Marathas in Maharashtra have protested for varied i....

June 12, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Manipur , Army columns , Magistrates , AFPSA
Drone Threat is Real: India Needs a Comprehensive Counter Drone Strategy
Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd) Article

The Drone Threat
Unmanned vehicles, referred to as drones in this paper for ease, are unquestionably useful, but the problem is that this is true even for bad guys. The million-dollar question in the billion-dollar unmanned industry is ho....

June 09, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India , DRDO , NATO , Ukraine , 5G , Drones , Counter Drone Strategy
Critical Gaps in Atmanirbhar India
Vrinda Kapoor Commentary

Atmanirbhar Bharat requires much more than just local sourcing- and that local sourcing itself is a function of availability of indigenous technology. This remains the most critical gap in the realization of Atmanirbharta which is so necessary....

June 08, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , DRDO , Defence industry , Atmanirbhar Bharat , procurement , Critical Technology
Border Disputes with China: An Update

… China has been successful in its hidden agenda of utilising the Indian market for its trade expansion .. and not moving constructively in resolving the border dispute. It’s rare in the world scene where two countries have fought an intense batt....

June 02, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , sinister implications of PRC’s conduct , China’s LAC subterfuge , PRC’s expansionism , Chinese deception of India , PRC’s Border Law , PRC’s repudiation of formal agreements
Panjwar’s Killing in Pakistan and Future of the KCF
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

दुर्जनस्य च सर्पस्य वरं सर्पो न दुर्जनः। सर्पो दंशति काले तु दुर्जनस्तु पदे पदे॥
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June 02, 2023 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , India , Punjab , ISI , Bharat , Khalistan , Lahore , Extremism Terrorism , KCF , Panjwa , r Pakistan
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